Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-18
News Notes.

The municipal reports for the year
ending October 81, 1886. were issued
yesterday.
The sales Of real estate placed on rec--
ord yesterday amounted to $3.50, ,445
and this Is said TO be dull season.
Lizzie Lopez yesterday was tried and
convicted of smoking opium bsfore JUS
tice Austin. She will be sentenced to-
DAY.
About 100 persons arri1ed in town
Yesterday from San Bernardino to attend
che grand opera at the pavilion last
night.
The police force, both the mou n ted
officers and those on foot. made a splen.
did appearance at DR.. Bakers funeral
yesterday.
The Sunset train, due last night at
o'clock, was detained by wreck on the
line in Arizona and failed to arrive till
early this morning.
A man named Hull was brought from
Pasadena insane yesterday. He was
quite violent, and is now in the county
Jail and will be examined to-day.
Wm. Harding, laborer employed ON
a building near the Temple street school.
house, fell down ladder and had his
haod crushed by hod which he carried.
Work has been begun in Precipice
caaon on some minor tunnels for the
water company, and all produce water.
The main tunnel has not been oon.
vnenced.
Travellers will please observe that the
chrs of the Southern Pacific company
that leave Los Angeles at 9:l5 A. NJ, gs-
ing north, will, on and after to-day, 90
TO San Buenaventura.
For once the Times has scored vic
tory, and Colonel Boyce and the rest can
now gnash their teeth in impotent fury.
A nine of Times printers yesterday de-
feated Tribune team in game of base
ball by q score of 80 to IL.
About seventy persons will arrive in
Los Angeles tonight from Anaheim to
attend the opera. They will leave the
cars at First street, where the City
Railway Company will have a supply of
cars sufficient to convey them to the
Opera House at once.
Deputy Sheriff Cruz yesterday tied
ihis horse in front of Lankershim's mill,
while he went inside. The whistle
blew and frightened the animal, which
attempted to break loose, and in its
struggles fell over and wrecked the
-buggy. The horse was badly hunt.
On Friday evening of this week the
young ladies of Trinity M. E. Church
South will give a strawberry festival at
the church on Fort street, between Fifth
and Sixth streets. This will be an en-.
joyable occasion. The young ladies will
lock their fairest and serve all oomers
impartially.
1t is stated by s0me very poorly in
formed people that tho A.. 7. & 5. b.
will shortly build a line from this city to
San Francisco, passing up the coast.
These railroad rumors are mostly started
by newspaper reporters short on items,
or by people who have land for sale
along the line of the projscted road.
An increased force has been put on
the work for completing the approach to
the Buena Vista bridge, so that it is
likely to be done ''in the sweet subse.
quently." The only advantage gained
by the useless height of the bridge is
the fact that it gives good chance to
use the earth in the hill to widen Buena
Vista street.
w. j. Buckingham leaves to-day for
Buffalo, N. Y, where he goes as a rep
ressntative to the International Con-
vention of Los Angeles Typographical
Union, No. l74. Mr.. Buckingham will
visit his old home in Devonshire, Eng
land before his retnrn to California.
His many friends wish him a safe
journey aud speedy return.
The plans for the enlargement of the
First National banking rooms have been
prepared. They embrace the construc-
zion of building in the rear Of the pres.
ent editioe. and double vaults in the ex.
tension. The lot is l3S feet in depth,
and affords the opportunity Of doubling
the present space for banking purposes,
which will be done by this enlargement.
When Mr.. Spence purchased the site of
this bank for $500 per front foot many
persons thought him demented; but now,
when. at a valuation of $4,000 per front
foot. they have been able to change their
minds.